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Old 02-24-2017, 07:40 PM
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I've never heard of Legionella in a hot water heater, but it may be possible. However, Legionnaire's disease is generally a point outbreak from contaminated water. If it was "in The Villages water supply", we would have hundreds, maybe thousands of cases given the age of the population.